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Soph marks a boundary or final point, whether a place's extremity, a person's death, or a matter's conclusion.
The attested uses most often mark a final limit or outcome: the conclusion of a matter, the limit of human life, and the full span from beginning to final point. They also identify a physical extremity, including a valley boundary and a direction-facing extremity.
Senses in use
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Final limit, outcome, or conclusion · dominant
In Ecclesiastes 12:13, the construct noun heads the clause that the APB renders “The end of the matter,” followed by the summary instruction to fear God and keep his commandments. In Ecclesiastes 7:2, it is the stated limit “of every person” in a house of mourning; Ecclesiastes 3:11 places it opposite “the beginning” in the APB's description of the work God has done.
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Physical extremity or boundary point · common
In 2 Chronicles 20:16, the construct form identifies where the approaching group will be found, in the clause the APB renders “at the end of the valley.” In Joel 2:20, the construct form marks the farward part of the driven-away figure, rendered as facing toward the western sea.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “end” in each cited clause, applying it to a valley, a matter, human life, the span from beginning onward, and a direction-facing extremity. These renderings confirm the clauses' broad final-limit or boundary context rather than a precise English equivalent in every case.